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Property protection on biologics on this new exciting form of medicine, domestic u.s. law is 12 years of protection. they already made a concession to 10 years. the democrats are saying even less than that. theyre negotiating on behalf of the mexicans. its just strange. paul: on the china deal, we don have that much time, but you want to get this trade deal done with china, phase one, would that be in your interest? >> absolutely certainly in our economic interest to avoid another round of tarif...

House republicans and also the president. the president is really hoping that this senate trial will be as partisan as possible, put a strong defense for him. its not clear if thats going to to be the case in the senate where partisanship is not priority as it is in the house. [laughter] arthel: so were looking at the president here in fort lauderdale, florida, where he landed just moments ago. he was going to be headed over to hollywood, florida, for an israeli-american summit, so hes proceedin...

♪ ♪ arthel: less than 60 days out from the first in the nation iowa caucuses and the 2020 democratic hopefuls continue to make their case to voters in the hawkeye state. today several candidates, including joe biden, bernie sanders and pete buttigieg, taking the stage at the teamsters union forum in cedar rapids. ellison barber is also there. >> reporter: hey, arthel. youre cutting out a little bit on me, but i think its time to tell you whats happening here. right now we are listening to ma...

Think is the lowest unemployment rate in half a century? >> right. its extremely significant. its the most important thing for everybodys pocketbook, getting -- keeping that paycheck going. and also having confidence that, if things turn down, youre going to have work, you know? i was in wisconsin working on a story a few weeks ago, and what we found is that even when companies are laying off workers, there are so many other companies out there looking for workers that, you know, it used to be t...

In the case, a brief by several democratic senators led by sheldon whitehouse of rhode island saying you should drop this case and if you dont, you run the risk, justices, of having the court itself being restructured. that kind of direct threat to the court itself and its makeup, i cant recall anything comparable happening. >> no, never happened before, paul. sheldon whitehouse likes to break records. this is a remarkable thing. it gives you a sense to the degree in which democrats are vested i...

And how it might come out? >> i think they were definitely split on the question of whether the case is moot. and you know, actually justice kavanaugh didnt actually talk or ask any questions during oral arguments and the chief justice was pretty quiet. he asked about one question or a couple questions regarding the mootness, trying to draw out the new york defense. and i think theyre going to come down over dis downoverturn. youre going to get a lot of dissent. paul: they dont have to go very f...

Gorsuch called a late breaking effort to avoid constitutional review. were back with dan henninger, kim strassel and allysia finley. could the court drop the case because the ordinance has been repealed? >> no. the supreme court hasnt heard a gun rights case for nearly a decade and it is important, as the state and local laws that restrict gun rights proliferate for the court to provide some kind of guidance to lower courts so the standard review and in this case upholding the right to transport...

Palazolo who a number of fbi agents that are on the case and that have worked the case have kind of gravitated towards being a suspect, possibly the actual killer. and this came from a number of sources over the years kind of have reach ared a boiling point -- reached a boiling point as a suspect. he actually just died in january of 2019, but i sense that the new developments that the fbi is talking about will tie into his role or alleged role in the hoffa disappearance. eric: the story in detro...

Others. is schiffs surveillance of political opponents its own abuse of power. were back with dan henninger, kim strassel and bill mcgern. how did schiff get these records and have we ever had a skis case where a congressman did this to someone else in congress? >> no, this is an unprecedented abuse of power. the way he did it, he sent a subpoena to telephone carriers. he did not alert the people who were the subject of these subpoenas to the fact that he was seeking their telephone records this...

They said you can just practice or rent a gun at a shooting range. paul: what about the idea that the case is moot because theres not a live controversy? >> i think as we -- as justice neil gorsuch and samuel neil tried to tease out, its not really moot. under the city ordinance, they could be stopped if theyre not traveling continuously and directly to a shooting range outside of the city so what does that mean. you stop at moms place along the way, you can get pulled over and if you have a gun...